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An Evening with Clothing Scholar Henry Cooke “Civilian Clothing of Continental Soldiers, 1775–1777”

Name: An Evening with Clothing Scholar Henry Cooke “Civilian Clothing of Continental Soldiers, 1775–1777”
Start: 2026-01-30T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-30T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Brookside Museum

January 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Photos Credit: Drawings\Watercolor shown are by Friedrich von Germann in The New York State Public Library

This talk examines how Continental soldiers often wore civilian clothing during the early Revolutionary War years (1775–1777), exploring the styles, materials, and regional influences of these garments, and how they reflected the soldiers’ backgrounds and the logistical challenges of outfitting an army in its infancy.